escrime
See also: escrimé
French
Etymology
Alteration (after Italian scrima) of Old French escremie (“combat”), from escremir, from Frankish *skirmjan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.kʁim/
Audio: (file)
Noun
escrime f (uncountable)
- fencing (sport)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: eskrim
See also
Further reading
- “escrime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.